Necticut



May 5, V1925.

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Patented May 5,1925.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS `B. LOVEJOY, `OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ULABJNIEI'R4 BROTHERS`COMIANYOF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

y BUCKLE.

Application filed August 23, 1924. Serial No. 733,751.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it `known that I, LoUis B. LovnJoY, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to buckles such, for example, as are adapted for use upon hose supporters, Suspenders and the like. More particularly, it relates to buckles of this general type which are provided with means for securing the end of the web to the buckle without sewing.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a buckle of this character which shall be inexpensive to make and eiicientin operation.

I accomplish this object by making the main portion of the buckle out of a single piece ofwire. This wire serves both as a hinge bar for the clamping lever and as a means for securing the end of the webbing, as will be readily understood from the accompanying drawing. l

Inthe drawing Fig. l shows the wire bent intopositon,` before the application of the clamping lever and before the end of the webbing` has been secured to the buckle. In Fig. 2 the clamping lever has been appliedand the end of thewebbing has been positionedready to be secured to the buckle. Fig. 3 showsthe teeth or projections of the buckle swedged down to secure the end of the webbing. l shows the method of threading the webbing into the buckle.

Referring first to Fig. 1,'the buckle-base or back there sho-wn consists of a single piece of wire. At the top this wire is in the I 40 form of a straight bar 5 which is to constitute a hinge `bar for the clamping lever 6 (Figs. 2 and 3). At each end of` this bar 5 the wire is bentl down to form side portions 7, 7. From the bottom of one portion 7 45, the end 8 of the wire extends straight across substantially to the other side portion. The `other end 9, however, instead of extending straight across, in the opposite direction, is

Igiven a sinuous forni, so that it is made up of what are in effect alternately arranged teeth 10, 11.

The clamping lever is hingedly secured to the bar 5 by bending over the lips 6a, as

indicated in Fig. 2.

The method of securing the end of the webbing is as follows: The end to be secured is inserted between the straight end 8, of the wire, and the sinuous end 9, so

`that` the webbing terminates just above the tops of the upper bends or teeth of the sinuous end `9. The upper and lower teeth are then swedged or bent toward each other, clamping between them the end of the web` bing which is looped around the straight end 8 of the wire. There results an exceptionally `efficient and secure fastening of the webbing to the buckle. y y

The threading of the webbing in the buckle is extremely simple. It is merely passed downwardly, looped around forward- 1y, and then passed up through the buckle under the clamping lever.

It will be apparent from the above that my buckle is extremely easy and economical to make, and also that itis easily and cheaply and securely attached to the webbing, and threaded rustless for service.

The terms and expressions which I have employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and I have no intention, in the use of such terms and expres sions, of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described, or portions thereof, but recognize that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A buckle comprising a. back anda clamping lever pivoted thereon, said back being made of a single piece of wire bent to provide at the top a bar upon which the clamping lever is pivoted, one end of said wire extending straight across the bottom` jecting teeth adapted to be bent toward each other and to cooperate with said rst endy the other extending across the bottom in sinuous form to provide alternately upwardly and downwardly projecting teeth adapted to be bent toward each other for securing between them a piece of webbing which is looped around the straight-extend` ing end of the Wire.

LOUIS B. LOVEJOY. 

